Tag: Ashley Giles

Haseeb Hameed signs new deal at Lancashire

22 February 2016 0 comments

HASEEB Hameed has committed his future to Lancashire by signing a new four-year contract at the Red Rose county. The […]

Looking back – England’s victory over Pakistan in Karachi in 2000

6 October 2015 0 comments

Tim Wigmore reveals how England upset the odds in a stirring series win away to Pakistan in 2000… As dusk […]

County Championship Division Two – Team of the Year

6 October 2015 0 comments

The Cricket Paper’s experts offer their team of the season from Division Two

I’ve Still Got A Lot To Give Insists Jade Dernbach

21 August 2014 1 comment

SAY WHAT you like about Jade Dernbach but at least the man is consistent.

Ashley Giles: Things Starting To Look Up For Cook And Co

7 August 2014 0 comments

If Alastair Cook had written the script for the third Test he would have struggled to include many more positives for his England side without it simply looking like a work of fantasy.

Peter Hayter: It’s Time To Loosen The Gag And Tell The Truth

15 May 2014 0 comments

Some years ago it was my task, on behalf of a group of reporters covering a county cricket match at the Oval, to approach one of the umpires after close of play to ask why he had felt it necessary to step in when one of the Surrey batsmen squared up to a couple of the Gloucestershire players that afternoon.

James Vince: I’m Ready If England Want Me

15 May 2014 0 comments

ASHLEY Giles suggested this week that it was too soon to consider James Vince as a potential Test batsman – but the man himself disagrees. Adamant, in fact, that he couldn’t be more ready.

Just Don’t Lose Any Moor Skippers, Peter!

1 May 2014 0 comments

AS Oscar Wilde’s Lady Bracknell said in The Importance Of Being Earnest: “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”

Moeen Ali Hoping To Make It The Year To Fear The Beard

23 April 2014 0 comments

NEW ROAD has a special name for Moeen Ali. They’re calling him “The Beard That’s Feared”. It’s on the board at the Black Pear Refreshment stall at the back of the Basil D’Oliveira Stand and, much to the delight of the chap in the Worcestershire Club Shop under the new hotel, it’s on the T-shirts he was selling at a healthy rate during their first home match of the season against Kent.

Eoin Morgan Must Be Ready If Alistair Cook Continues To Fail

1 April 2014 0 comments

The last time England were hammered 5-0 by Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board responded by commissioning a report from Ken Schofield, the former executive director of golf’s European Tour, into how and why it happened and he responded with a 19-point plan to overhaul English cricket intended to make sure it never happened again.